Device for dispowdering confectionery



Dec. 11, 1928.

c. GOPEL DEVICE FOR msrovmnnma CONFEGTIONERY] Filed Jan. 21.

' Wgw Patented Dec. 11, 1928.

cam. GIPEL, on" HALIE-ON-TEE'-S crummy.

' p nnvron ron nrsrownnnme courzicrroimnm Application filed January a1, 1927,

The filled'in cores of pralines and similar confectionery, are, after leaving theimould box, subjected on an endless travelling sieves to the action of air-blasts for the removal of of an end ess travelling brush g may be a LStationary one.

adhering mould powder before they are finallycoated.

The present invention .relates to .a dispowdering device of this kind and consists in the provision of brushes arranged opposite.

the air-blasts so as to support the thin-walled articles without exposing them toinjui' andatthe same time to enhance the dispow ering process by diverting the air current around the articles.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represgnts a -longitudinal section of the device, an Fig. 2, a cross-section of the same. i

The dispowdering compartment 1) contains an endless sifting apron a which extends right through the compartment and which receives the pralines as they are scooped out of the mouldbox: A setaof air-nozzles c is arranged under apron a, and another set (1 is arranged above the same sothatvbo'th-sides of the pralines will be exposed to an air-blast for the removal of ie'adhering powder. To support the/ pralines, in onemstance direct and in the other instance through the medium of the apron, elements, preferably brushes f and g, are arranged opposite the air-nozzles. The brush f which sup 'orts the pralines direct,' oonsists follows the movement of the apron a. The

I fective cleaning of the same against the air-blasts,.resilient' brush band which serial to; 162,612, an ui Germany January as, 1926; f

brushes, while providing a soft support for the pralines, also defiectthe air-current and divert them around the articles so that an ef- 4 takes place be- 40 fore they are passed on to the'vcoating' device'. The adhering mould powder is either 001- 'lected in a tray h at the bottom of the. chain-- her I) or removed by meansof an exhauster 11. A- fan a supplies the air to the nozzles c and d. 4 .I'clai1n::.- r. f Y Y ,1. A device of the character described for dispowderingpralines and the like comprising an endless travelling sifting: apron for. carrying thearticles, air-blasts arrange as toplayonsaid apron fromopposite sides of the same, and a resilient support for the articles arranged opposite each air-blast.

2. A device of the character described for ing an endless travelling sitting apron for carrying the articles, air-blasts-arranged so as to play on said apron from oppositesides thereof, and abru'sh' arranged opposite each air-blast as support for the articles. ,3. A device of the character described for dispowdering pralines and the like comprising an endless travelling sifting apron for carrying the articles, air-blasts arranged so. asto play on said apron from opposite sides 65 thereof andin difierentposi-tions', and brushes arranged'oppo'site the'air blasts as supports for the articles, Elle apron-being composed-of an endless brush an .4

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the brush at the top side of v 

